Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea, closely related to the American lobster, Homarus americanus. It may grow to a length of 60 centimetres and a mass of 6 kilograms, and bears a conspicuous pair of claws. In life the lobsters are blue, only becoming lobster red on cooking. Mating occurs in summer, and females carry the resulting eggs for up to a year before they hatch into planktonic larvae; the species is a widely esteemed foodstuff, mostly caught using lobster pots around the British Isles.
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Classification
Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Scientific Name Conservation Status Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceBlue in life, becoming red only on cooking 1 Sources
1. European lobster, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph
Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea.
Taxobox, conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Description section
In life, the lobsters are blue, only becoming "lobster red" on cooking.
Lead section
Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea.
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